MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD OF THE PUBLIC ARCHIVE OF PARAÍBA - APEPB

Abstract

The Public Archive of Paraíba State – APEPB was created by State Law No. 11269, on December 29, 2018, what contributed with the creation, proceeding, accumulation, preservation, access and use of documents of Paraíba State. In its creation as a public agency, the Archive incorporated documents related to the Colonial and Imperial Period and the First Republic. The present research is aimed to propose guidelines of preservation and conservation of documents (manuscript and detached ones) of the Colonial Period in Paraíba for the promotion of diffusion and safe access to the research of these documents. It is characterized as a descriptive research, by using qualitative and participant approach for the construction of information related to the guidelines proposed in the research objective. The investigation reveals a lack of care related to conservation and preservation of documents of this period, demonstrating that the lack of care which could guarantee their preservation can result in the loss of existent document record about the History of Paraíba in its Colonial period. It is concluded that measures should be used as well as the need for creating strategies and guidelines to the preservation and conservation of manuscript and detached documents of the Colonial Period, in order to guarantee the lifespan of them. This way, they are pointed out guidelines that can be inserted aiming this custody, with measures which aims to preserve and to conserve these documents as indicated in the investigation.